Reflector for lamps



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

J. H. WHITE.

REFLEGTOR FO-R LAMPS. No. 322,142. PatentedJuly 14, 1885.

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J. H. WHITE.

BEPLEGTOR FOR LAMPS- I No. 322,142. Patented-Julyl4, 1 885.

UNITED STATES JAMEs H. WHITE, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR r0 THEMANHATTAN BRASS COMPANY,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF SAME PLACE.

REFLECTOR FOR LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,142, dated .Iuly14, 1885. Application filed March 5, I885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs H. WHITE, of the city and State of New York,have invented an Improvement in Reflectors for Lamps, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Reflectors have heretofore been made that could be applied either upon acandle or upon the chimney of a lamp or removed therefrom at pleasure.

My invention is made with reference to grasping the chimney-holder of anArgand burner, so that such chimney holder can be removed together withthe chimney and reflector from a lamp for trimming or lighting the lamp.

My improvements relate especially to the peculiarities of constructionhereinafter set forth and claimed, which facilitate the manufacture ofthe reflector and lessen the risk of injury to either the reflector, thechimneyholder, or the chimney.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the reflector andchimney-holder and a portion of the lamp. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionof the reflector detached, and Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same.

This invention is available with any lamp containing a springchimney-holder, A, which, with the chimney B,is capable of removal fromthe lamp-burner. Reference is hereby made to Letters Patent No. 250,918,granted to T. Hipwell, December 13, 1881, in which a removable springchimney-holder and a support for the same on the burner are shown.

The reflectorE is parabolic in form. The axis of the parabola ispreferably at an inclination to a vertical line, so that the light maybe reflected downwardly to a short distance from the lamp. Thisreflector is preferably spun, nickel-plated, and polished before anyopenings are made in the same, as the polishing is.

not injured by the subsequent operations. An elliptical opening is nowout in the reflector atG, for the passage of the upper part of thechimney, and another and larger elliptical opening is cut at H, for thechimney-holder and other parts.

The shield I is made of sheet metal, with er, and the opening H issufficiently large to allow this shield and spring-clip to expand as itis passed over the chimney-holder or is removed therefrom.

This clip and shield connect the reflector to the spring chimney-holder,so that this reflector can be removed from the lamp along with thespring chimney-holder for lightingor trimming the lamp. At the same timethe chimney is removed with the spring chimneyholder; or the chimney canbe lifted up out of the spring chimney-holder, swung aside, and slippeddownout of the opening G, for cleaning the chimney, when necessary, thusgreatly facilitating the use of a reflector upon the chimney-holder ofan Argand lamp.

I do not claim a reflector connected with a spring chimney-holder.Neither do I claim a reflector having a downward extension that restsupon the burner around the upper part of the air-distributer. Neither doI claim a springclip with arms for supporting a reflector.

I claim as my invention- I The parabolic reflector having openingsthrough it, a shield of sheet metal with earpieces extending out fromthe shield and attached to the reflector, and spring-arms pro jectingfrom the lower part of the shield and adapted to grasp thechimney-holder of an Argand lamp, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 28th day of February, A. D. 1885.

JAMES H. WHITE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM G. Morr, HAROLD SERRELL.

